Chapter 248: Infinite Tsukuyomi (2034)

At this moment, everyone present stared in stunned silence at Li Ang's current appearance.

"That look," Naruto couldn't help muttering, "is just like the Sage Grandpa."

Hearing his words, Sasuke Uchiha's gaze flickered slightly.

If in the mental space they had felt no real sense of the Six Paths Sage's power, the aura radiating from Li Ang now made this reincarnation of Indra deeply understand why the Six Paths Sage was called a Sage.

Powerful, undeniably powerful.

This was the first time anyone present had felt chakra on this level.

Compared to the figure hanging in midair, those so-called final weapons, the Tailed Beasts, seemed as docile as kittens.

At this moment, Li Ang hovered in midair and exhaled gently.

Ignoring the gazes of those present, he sensed the power within himself and furrowed his brow.

'Something feels off.'

Indeed, after becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, his strength had surged dramatically, as evident from the changes in his status panel.

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【Attributes: Physical Strength 507 (117.6), Mental Strength 531 (118.2), Energy 21089 (644)】

【Level: 4 (3)】

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If physical and mental strength were still within normal bounds, energy had reached an utterly terrifying level.

Of course, these were not what made Li Ang feel something was wrong.

What truly unsettled Li Ang was how unnaturally calm this power felt—nothing like what he had expected.

'And my eyes have changed too—left eye became the Uchiha-standard tomoe Rinnegan, right eye became the Tenseigan.'

'Because of 【Mao Bloodline】?'

Li Ang could only make this one speculation—it was likely the greatest difference between him and the two Ten-Tails jinchūriki from the original work.

But precisely because of this, he no longer needed to release Infinite Tsukuyomi through the God Tree; it was a technique inherent to his left eye.

Thinking of this, Li Ang looked up at the bright full moon in the sky.

His action immediately drew the attention of everyone present.

Konan and Changmen called out hesitantly: "Dragon?"

Something had changed in ways they didn't understand.

Hearing their voices, Li Ang waved slightly: "Just testing. Don't worry."

With that, he ascended into the sky.

Unlike Madara, who didn't know the truth, Li Ang would not release Shinju: Divine Tree Descent to extract chakra—he only wished to fulfill Condition Two of the 【Sage】 class transformation via Infinite Tsukuyomi.

As Infinite Tsukuyomi activated, the moon gradually turned crimson, its appearance slowly shifting into a Rinnegan Sharingan.

Seeing this, Naruto's expression darkened instantly: "Were all those things you said before just lies to me?!"

He referred to what Li Ang had said in the Tsukuyomi space.

In response to his accusation, Li Ang spoke calmly: "As long as you don't interfere, I'll dispel this technique soon."

Unfortunately, Naruto clearly wouldn't believe him.

The next instant, a black Tailed Beast Ball coalesced at the fox's mouth and shot toward the sky.

Seeing this, Li Ang's expression didn't change—he merely lifted his right hand slightly.

Before any motion could be seen, several blue-green spheres appeared before his right hand, then spun rapidly until forming a blue-green ring.

"Ginrin Tensei."

The sky collapsed; a furious hurricane tore through everything on the earth—no natural disaster could describe this attack.

The Tailed Beast Ball had not even reached Li Ang before it was prematurely detonated, producing a massive explosion.

"First warning."

Li Ang's tone was calm, as if he had done something trivial.

Honestly, only after awakening the Tenseigan did he realize that in battle, the Tenseigan was more suitable—the Rinnegan's functionality was stronger.

'No wonder the main world says a change from Level 3 to 4 can be called a transcendence of life itself.'

This apocalyptic scene left everyone present frozen in place.

Orochimaru gazed at Li Ang in the sky, his heart growing increasingly heated.

'Is this the power of the Ōtsutsuki clan?'

As sharp-witted as he was, he had already deduced what had happened to his current partner.

Compared to the power Li Ang now displayed, the Sharingan meant nothing.

While everyone's thoughts varied, the moon in space suddenly erupted in a blinding white light, as bright as daylight, and then Infinite Tsukuyomi spread across the entire Naruto world.

At this moment, indoors or outdoors, everyone was drawn to the white light, which could not be blocked by walls.

Before they could comprehend what was happening, swirling patterns appeared in their eyes, and then their consciousness plunged into darkness.

After completing this, Li Ang's temple beside his left eye throbbed uncontrollably.

He took a slow breath to calm himself, then silently thought:

'Now I must fabricate a story befitting a Sage.'

As Li Ang thought this, a black substance suddenly surged from beneath the ground and lunged toward him.

But before the black substance could touch his body, it was violently repelled by a terrifying repulsive force.

Shinra Tensei!

Li Ang floated calmly in midair: "Did you really think I wasn't watching you?"

"Black Zetsu."

Knowing the plot of the original work, how could Li Ang possibly be unprepared against this great filial son?

Splat—

Like a liquid, Black Zetsu bounced off the ground, two soybean-like eyes fixed dead on Li Ang: "Ryū, you bastard!"

"I knew you weren't planning to resurrect Mother!"

Yes, the person before him had indeed unleashed the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but a similarly crucial link was missing.

Using the Divine: Birth of the Tree World to absorb chakra.

Hearing Black Zetsu's words, Li Ang had just been about to say something when he suddenly knit his brows tightly.

A consciousness that did not belong to him was slowly awakening within his body, and at the same time the once-docile Ten-Tails began to rampage.

'What's going on!?'

Li Ang was very certain his own operation had no problems, and the Black Zetsu used to awaken Kaguya's consciousness hadn't touched him either, yet now an unexpected situation had still arisen.

Seeming to notice the anomaly on Li Ang's body, Black Zetsu first froze, then burst into ecstatic laughter from his mouth: "Hahahaha!"

"Ryū! It seems Mother likes this body of yours even more than I imagined!"

Hearing this, Li Ang's heart couldn't help but sink.

Success because of 【Ōtsutsuki Bloodline】, failure because of 【Ōtsutsuki Bloodline】.

He hadn't expected his attraction to Kaguya to be this great—even though the chakra hadn't been gathered sufficiently, she was already being stimulated into beginning to recover her consciousness.

'No, it should also be because of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.'